Fri 24 Jun 1927, 8.00pm, Rudolf Steiner Hall, London
Company:
Pupils of Madame Marie Rambert
The Fairy Queen (dances in the opera)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton, Marie Rambert
Composer:
Henry Purcell
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
ACT I | |
Dance of Fairies | Andrée Howard |
Dance of Fairies | Eirene Garratt |
Dance of Fairies | Kathleen O'Connor |
Dance of Fairies | Prudence Hyman |
Dance of Fairies | Pearl Wellman |
Dance of Fairies | Joyce Peters |
ACT II | |
Echo Dance | Diana Gould |
Dance of Fairies | Andrée Howard |
Dance of Fairies | Eirene Garratt |
Dance of Fairies | Kathleen O'Connor |
Dance of Fairies | Prudence Hyman |
Dance of Fairies | Pearl Wellman |
Dance of Fairies | Joyce Peters |
Dance of the Followers of Night | Winifred Baker |
Dance of the Followers of Night | Eirene Garratt |
Dance of the Followers of Night | Kathleen O'Connor |
Dance of the Followers of Night | Pearl Wellman |
ACT III | |
One of Three Swans | Doola Baker |
One of Three Swans | Maud Lloyd |
One of Three Swans | Violet Reynolds |
ACT IV | |
Attendant on Spring | Diana Gould |
Attendant on Spring | Maud Lloyd |
Attendant on Summer | Pearl Wellman |
Attendant on Summer | Andrée Howard |
Attendant on Autumn | Doola Baker |
Attendant on Autumn | Eirene Garratt |
ACT V | |
Dance of Monkeys | William Chappell |
Dance of Monkeys | Kathleen O'Connor |
Dance of Monkeys | Joyce Peters |
Chaconne | Doola Baker |
Chaconne | Maud Lloyd |
Chaconne | Andrée Howard |
Chaconne | Pearl Wellman |
Conductor | Patrick Hadley |
Performance note:
In the production of the opera 'The Fairy Queen' by the Purcell Opera Society and Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Society, the dancers appeared in each of the five acts; only their names (not those of the singers) are listed here. The Rambert school is not named in the programme.
Source:
Programme for 23-24 June 1927 in the Rambert Archive